Mohave County miner., 1887-12-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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s,S swAsmrsoTos, ID. g., Dec. s, 1887. 4
Secretary Fairchild's report is, ye,y vol
luminous and one that will bs rad with
.gencrslinterest. 1t represents much earnest
thought and bard work, for the Secretary
devoted whole month"; time to the great
task before him. Tho report IL In the Sec-
rstary's own h,ndwriting. This documsut
win not be submitssd to Congress until the
second day after the meeting OF that bodv.
Among the important recommendat tions IL
the suggestion that Congress provide for
the erection of a fire proof Lsll OF records
for the better preservation Of valuable Gov:
srnmsnt records that at present are too
much In danger Of destruction, Z" ' :,
Many of the Pnsident's friends are again
concerned about his health. on account OF
his Discrimination TO take ortd ,or exercise.
In this respect Mr.. Cleveland diff srs greatly
from most Of his predecessors. for an early
morning jaunt On foot was an invariable
custom with Mr.. Arthur. General Grant,
and other Presidents. 80 W.. - .'@ .
During the month Of November there
was a considerable increase in the Nationsi
debt, chiefly because Of the vast sum paid
ont for pensions, the amount being eighteen
million dollars on, that account. For the
period in question the recsiptso Of the Gov
eminent were over million dollars day.
The reIort of the. Postmaster. General
makes very favorable showing, from which
it appears that there ha, been gain of
A,sf0, 600 In receipts, as compared with the
| previous year, while, on tho other hand, the
inerea 0 in expense il but little more than
| two million dollars. The deficiency, which
two years ago was 500 con, has been 70.
duced about three fourths, and IL ~ esti-
mated that IL will almost entirely disappear
before the close of the current year. If the
present promising affairs of the Depart.
Dent continues. In the matter of changing
officers. this ieport shows that Of the 2,a33l
Presidential postmasters who were in place
March 4, 1885, but $40 renain--,i.s07 ns~
men having been appointed. Another fsa-
ture Of postal business that will doubtless
interest your readers ia the official record ol
the amount of money lost in dead letters
" hich for the past year footed mp $2sGs7
Of this snopnt the sum of $22.857 was re
.tnred - the owners. The amount Of 90.
672. which could not be returned 10 the
owners, was deposited in the Treasury, TO
gether with &2,s2l, the sum realixed from
auction sales of unclaimed parcels Of mer
chandise found in the mails. -.
The report or the Controller Of the Cur
rency ia one that will be read, especially b,
business men, with more than ordinary in
terest. as an important addition is made II
the practical suggestion Of a new code o.
bank laws, copy Of which has besn sent
with an explanatory letter, tn each member
of Congress. Up to the Slst Of October th'
: total numher of National banks organizst
! was 3, s65, of which III have failed. S25 hay'
gone into voluntary 'iquidstion,' ieavin,
1864 banks still organized at that date.
In the Fiftieth Congress political partie,
: will be morsg evenly balanced than fo
years, the Republican majority having
dwindled TO almost nothing in t 9 SenstI
and the Dem oerstic majority having beer
reduced TO about "a dozen In the House
There are three copte-ted election cases il
the Senate and eight in the House. g.. "
4 Ths Republicans have been fslieitatine
them selves that they would be able to con
troll the Presidential election in the event
thrt there should be no popular choice, n
ths. party claims majority Of the State,
BY Consrs' siopaf' delegations: bot this il
By, no means an accomplished fact, ~ the
Democrats. in settling the contested else
ton Gases from California and. Indiana
haye 1t in their power to transfer the. ma
I jority of the State Congressional delega
OBS to that organization. .-. sg@.
Since their arrival In tho Capital otsl
one hundred ConPressmeu have been inter
viewed, and the jrifs Of sentiment Ia barge
ly in favor of tariff reform. ,..:.,,. - .
| The Democratic Congressional ,cauou,
developed much ezeitemsnt and bitter fssl
ing over the heated contest for the door
keepsrship. and there was an.-occuI reno.
that suggested a slight rssemhl noe % ID,
provsrb!ai Donny ybrook fsir. The iis wa,
passed between tho gsutleman from Arkan
sas nd the gentleman from Georgia, ant
thess members then oauie to blows, and
blood WAS drawn before tbs belliRsrsn,
Legislators could be separated by theiI
friends. -. -'''.
President pro tenn. of tho senate, John
James Ingalls,, n. ~ now be numbered with
the literary Statssmeu like Blaine and Cox
N he will give to the world novel that xii
illustrate his experience of public life. q.